A SARDINIAN BRONZE ARCHER
PROPERTY FROM A TEXAS PRIVATE COLLECTION
A SARDINIAN BRONZE ARCHER

NURAGIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

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A SARDINIAN BRONZE ARCHER
NURAGIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Of slender elongated form, standing frontally with his weight equally distributed, both arms bent, his right arm raised, his left at his side, holding in his left hand an oversized bow at its lower end, the mid-section resting on his shoulder, the remaining length extending behind, his quiver and sword on his back, wearing a short tunic with a square breastplate hanging from his shoulders, greaves, and a helmet with two long horns extending forward, his hair forked along the back of his neck, his oval face with a small, circular, open mouth, a prominent nose and unarticulated wide eyes, on a long slender neck
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high
Provenance
with Robert Haber, New York.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1986.

Lot Essay

For similar examples see no. 85 in J. Thimme, Kunst und Kultur Sardiniens vom Neolithikum bis zum Ende der Nuraghenzeit and p. 37 in B.B. Fredericksen et al. The J. Paul Getty Museum Guidebook, Fifth Edition.

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